Graham Crossing Case Postponed to Thursday in Circuit Court
Hearing on the Graham underground crossing injunction was postponed to Thursday. Walter Graham seeks to stop work and restore dirt. City officials and Mayor Williamson appeared as witnesses. The article notes public interest, fundraising for Belgium, and local weddings, with poll tax deadlines for Virginians.
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Circuit Court
Tazewell
Graham
Court House
Walter Graham
J. W. Hicks
J. R. Anderson
R. B. Williamson
Graham Land Company
Land Company
Graham and Bluefield
Daily Telegraph
Lanam Hamric Dead Child Dies of Diphtheria in Graham
The six year old Lanam Hamric died Sunday afternoon from diphtheria with complications after a one week illness. Despite antitoxin and surgical intervention his weakened system could not recover. Parents C E Hamric and wife, residing in Graham, will take the remains to Ravenwood W Va for interment.
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Lanam
C. E. Hamric
Hamric
Graham
Ravenwood
Jackson County
W. Va
Charleston
Embrey
Hamrie
Grah’m
School Children Give Near 35 To Belgian Relief Fund
Graham Pelgian relief efforts grow as school children donate nearly 25 dollars, handed to Treasurer R K Crockett. Children raised the funds by collecting small coins from parents over several days for the nationwide aid drive to help the starving Belgians.
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Graham Pelgian
R. K. Crockett
Stirving Belgis
Newman Returns Home From Philippines After Malaria
John Newman, after ten months as an enlisted soldier near Manila, returns due to malarial fever. He is the son of Mr and Mrs B M Newman and is well known in Graham. Graham Camp No 18004 Modern Woodmen of America will be instituted tonight in the Odd Fellows hall by District Deputy J K Turner. Music by the Graham band and a talk by Hon John Kee. Also noting M M Newman joins Gills Grocery as city salesman in Graham and Bluefield. Hig Turkey Dinner: Methodist ladies hold a bazaar in Masonic hall with a big turkey and oyster dinner starting at 12. Public invited.
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Charley Jones
Graham
Margaret Kinder
J. D. Kinder
M. P. Carico
Bane Block
Mr. Jones
Mr. Waters
John Newman
Philippine Islands
John
Manila
Philippines
Mr. Newman
B. M. Newman
Woodmen of America
Odd Fellows Hall
J. K. Turner
Peterstown
Graham Band
John Kee
Binefield
M. Newman
Grahan
Graham and
Bluefield
Gills Grocery Company
Newman
Masonic Hall
Graham High School Boys Face Beiver Bluefield Match
Graham high school boys team hosts Beiver Bluefield this Wednesday in a requested local basketball game. The matchup highlights a midweek city rivalry with both teams aiming for a strong district showing.
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Graham High School
Beiver
Bluefield
Graham School Auditorium Hosts Promised Lively Night
The Graham school auditorium promises a lively Wednesday night as the Graham team, recently reorganized with shifts, readies for a strong showing. Tickets are on site and a large crowd is expected. Local notes include Mrs Bertie Booth traveling to Tazewell to visit an ill mother, Mrs Roxie Franklin attending Midway Christian church, T H Simmons moving near Crusher Street, W L Sexton returning from Catlettsburg on legal business, Myrtle Whitt visiting Graham, Gertrude Rucker returning from Yancey due to health, and visits by Mrs C W Pierce and Mrs C A Rolston to Bluefield.
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Graham School
Graham
Bertie Booth
East Graham
Tazewell
Roxie M. Franklin
East End
Midway Christian Church
T. H. Simmons
Crusher Street
Stowers
W. L. Sexton
Catlettsburg
Myrtle Whitt
Meadowview
Mabel Samples
Gertrude Rucker
Yancey
Rucker
C. W. Pierce
C. A Rolston
Bluefield
Hundred and Five New Memberships Secured in a Day
A city chamber of commerce drive yielded 105 new memberships in a single day as officials plan a midweek canvass to recruit stragglers into the enlarged organization. The list names Appalachian Power Co. and dozens of manufacturers, merchants, and service firms. The article notes a shift in can production with a gold alloy coating replacing tin, improving results but increasing cost.
Welch News Notes Flag Raising and Local Notices
A flag was raised at Hemp Hill Grammar School with Elkhorn Lodge No. 101 U. A. M. presenting the flag and a Bible. Widespread local updates include Bil Johnson named 1915 football captain at Swarthmore College, typhoid recovery for J. Perry, hospital recoveries for Niles Emma Tipton and Ella Lee Payne, staffing changes at a local cinema, and various visits, travels, and illness reports across Welch and nearby towns.
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Hemphill Grammar School
Elkhorn Lodge No. $1
Lodge O3
Expansion of Gardening Work At Dinefield Institute
J F Marsh secretary of the state board of regents visited the Dinefield colored institute to discuss expanding male student work in home gardening. He indicated hopes for next year’s legislation enabling small industrial buildings and added industrial work as a new adjunct to the colored institute. Marsh noted Athens normal is advancing with an auditorium and study hall and predicted growth of the Athens normal if a street car line reaches Athens.
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J. F. Marsh
State Board of Regents
Dinefield Colored Institute
Athens Normal
Board of Regents
Colored Institute
Athens
Marsh
Got to Go Deep to Cure Rheumatism
An advertisement extols the healing power of 8. S. & 8. S. as a deep blood purifier for rheumatism. It claims rheumatic pain stems from blood toxins lodged in joints and muscles and asserts 88.8S travels through the blood to purify tissues. It urges readers to buy a bottle from a druggist and contact The Swift Specific Co for advice.
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Swift
Atlanta
Howe Sdrvice
Athens Normal Praised For Fine Travel Facilities
A fragment praises Athens Normal for offering superior traveling facilities and an excellent location, noting no state school matches its suitability and accessibility.
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Athens Normal
Express Office Burglarized at Norton Virginia
A Norton Virginia express office was burgled Saturday evening of 3800 in one dollar bills from U S treasury redemptions. Jenkins, a 19 year old with a checkered past, was questioned and briefly detained before release. no arrests reported by nightfall. A window was broken to access the package and the thief fled toward Pocahontas. Local police issued a description to the Norfolk and Western line.
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Norton
United States Treasury
Louisville and Nashville
Xpress
Norton Express
Richard Jenkins
Adams Express
Norfolk and Western Manifest
Noron
Bluefield
Jenkins
Ghven
Velock Jenkins
Charley Green
Norfolk and Western
Green
Pocahontas
Telegraph
Italian Scientist Claims Tail Wagging Signals Conversation
After a serious investigation an Italian scientist reports dogs wag their tails as a form of conversation. The finding highlights social signaling in canine behavior and suggests tails act as a communicative tool during interactions with humans and other dogs.
Visitors and residents noted in Sunday city roundups
A parade of locals and guests visited the city yesterday and Sunday, including Hall of Pond Creek Dora Meek of Purse Garden and Mrs. Alvin Douthat who is seriously ill at 24 Bitte field avenue. Also present were Congressman elect Hdw Cooper of Bramwell and other area residents visiting relatives and conducting business in town.
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B. OF. Hall
Pond Creek
Mias Dora Meek
Purses Garden
KF. P. Handy
St. Paul
Alvin Douthat
Bittefield Avenue
Martin Williams
Peariaburg
W. R. Portis
Adams Street
S. J. Thompson
Tazewell
E. A. Hill
Falls Mills
O. M. Deverle
Philadelphia
F. S. Grove
Basic City
W. J. Fleshman
Summers Street
J. W. Woodrum
Pearlshore
L. A. Jaffee
Lucille
Pocahontas
Louis Underwood
Aaron
Clarksburg
Ramsey Street
Bankruptcy petition targets R. L. Fitch Drug Co
Superior Supply Company and other creditors filed a petition in the U S district clerk s office to adjudicate R L Fitch Drug Company of Kingball as bankrupt. The suit names R L Fitch and Etta Fitch as partners under that firm name and seeks individual adjudication as well. Etta P Fitch has responded denying partnership and asserting she is not a bankrupt party.
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Superior Supply Company
Bluefield
United States District Clerk
R. L. Fitch Drug Company
Kimgball
R. L. Fitch
Etta Fitch
Musterole: a wartime style remedy claims quick headache relief
An old advertisement touts Musterole ointment as a versatile cold and headache remedy. It markets internal fears about pneumonia and respiratory illness, claims external application is safe, lists uses from neuralgia to bronchitis, and promotes hospital sizes priced at $2.50 from The Musterole Company in Cleveland, Ohio.
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The
Musterole Company
Cleveland
Ohio
First Jury Trial Demand in Local Bankruptcy Proceeding
A firm’s partner requested a jury trial in a bankruptcy case, marking the first such demand in the local federal court. The development signals a potential shift in how bankruptcy matters may be adjudicated, with implications for trial procedure and timelines in the district.
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Ner
Phenolyptel Ad Claims Cure in Every Drug Store
An old time advertisement touts Phenolyptel as a universal remedy for sore throats and gum disease. It urges brushing with Phenolyptol, promises refunds if relief fails, and markets trial and family sizes with a playful line about differences between premises and results.
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Graham Daily News
United States
Virginia
Lanam Hamric
Modern Woodmen Meeting
Beechams
He Chaimber of Commerce
Appalachian Power Co
F. S. Armistead
Er. L. Bailey
Pailey Lumber Co
H. H. Barnes
M. F. Beamer
Bluefield Daily Times
Bluefield Furniture Co
Bluefield Undertaking Co
RK. T. Bowen
F. J. Brown
Charles Caffee
G. KE. Cawley
Central Pharmacy
Citizens Coal and Supply Co
City Grocery Co
C. P. Claytor
Krupp
Germany
Postum
Europe
Welch News
Bil Johnson
Welch Boys
Washmore University
Pill
Swathmore Preparatory School
Rose Bernheim
Cramwell
Caroline
Helen Jerry
J. Lb. Perry
Perry
J. T. Ward
Welch
T. J. Houts
Niles Emma Tipton
Northfork
Miners’ Hospital
Sidney Jackson
Moving Picture Show
Princeton
Miss Mae Black
Keystone
Ella Lee Payne
Coalwood
Oscar Bohm
Payne Building
G. M. Gates
Wilcoe
J. M. Gibboney
Fort Gay
Joln Gibboney
Harry G. Camper
J. Frank Johnson
North
Carlina
Marytown
A. D. Rovertson
Big Sandy
Jone
Watta Scott
Maybeury
Carl Hudson
Eugene Pierce
Olmsted
Revert Payne
Kimball
Louise N. Christian
Beth Watson
Davy
Friends
I. T. Cameron
Woodmont Addition
John J. Lincoln
Elkhorn
Benjamin Lewis
Milhorn
Harvey Williams
W. C. Hall
Nellie Cline
Inez Harper
Elsie Shelton
Gladys Hall
Jno. English
McDowell
Brooks F. Williams
John Cline
Huntington
I. C. Herndon
Institute
James E. Mayer
LAW & Commerce Building
Bluefield Normal & Business College
Crockett & Graham Block
W. H. Conningham
Prin
Frederick L. Black
Princeton Avenue
Bental Association
J. S. Gompton
Rivetiola
Flat Top National Bank
John M. Wirgman
Bluefield Water Works & Improvement Company
Easley & Bell
W Va
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